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Louise Edmonds

Louise joins Carter Newell as a Special Counsel located in the firm's Sydney office. She specialises in financial lines insurance law in Australia and internationally, with a focus on professional indemnity, construction and engineering, major construction project risk, directors’ and officers’ liability and IT and cyber liability.

Louise acts for a variety of clients including construction professionals, directors and officers, financial institutions, municipalities, solicitors, real estate agents and water authorities.

She has significant experience in large scale construction and engineering matters including the conduct of claims and litigation, providing policy advice and running subrogated recoveries. Louise’s experience also extends to advising and handling directors and officers claims.

Having previously worked for a major global insurer, Louise has a solid understanding of insurer and insured’s needs, providing her with the knowledge to provide timely and pragmatic advice.

Louise has been recognised in the 2020 edition of Best Lawyers in Australia in the area of Insurance Law.